perfectly happy with "just a bunch
of letters," i don't think i'd be happy

just throwing things away.

Call to Prayer

"If there is a plan, perhaps this too
is part of the plan, as when the subway
turns on a switch, the wheels screeching
against the rails, & the lights go out;
but are on again in a moment."
--Charles Reznikoff

If there is a plan. If there is not a plan.
It has worked out just as well at least
this is what you've expected to believe.

Lick

your waxy lips, adjust your hat, & try
to remember your name enough to put
it out of your head. Give you something
other to do than merely pursue a course
of results & the movement itself Byzan-

tine.

An elaborate, intricate mosque is beyond.
Only you instead insist on stepping back,
viewing the minaret, & remembering
the compassion of the muezzin's call to prayer.
An image of nothing than better signifiers